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Early feedback in by Black Coffee, DJ Harvey, Claptone, Hyenah, Doctor Dru, Gorgon City, Chris Duckenfield, Alinka, Wahm, Justin Strauss...

AIWASKA @ At Night:
https://youtu.be/4TTZGTvANNo

The man behind the mask Aiwaska is back with possibly his hottest release for Exploited so far. Following in the footsteps of massive releases like ‘Medicine’ and ‘Darkness’, ‘At Night’ had its work cut out but has delivered in some style.
Taking a little flavour from the world of afro house but infusing it with more of a rolling groove than a tribal, drum-focused rhythm, it’s a track that’s dying to be heard at festivals and open-air dancefloors. Centred around a hypnotic African vocal refrain by Idd Aziz, the track builds in beautifully gradual fashion, with nods to early ‘90s ambient house in its atmospheric collage of sounds.
A stuttering synth rhythm sets the tone over a chunky beat as the track begins, with the vocal soon teased in looping fashion and adding a heady feel. The infectiously rolling bassline groove soon gets down to business. Subtle percussive additions build the groove, as do shimmering, morphing electronic motifs that weave in and out of the track. The vocal begins to reveal more of itself, and the arrangement strips back down to just kick, bass, vocals and synth with a real intensity. The vocals become more incessant and insistent as the track begins to slowly build again until we’re at a dizzying fever pitch.
No big hooks; no overblown theatrics; just a very well-crafted, slow-burning journey of a track. Aiwaska, we salute you!

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Early Feedback:
DJ Harvey: Thank you!
Black Coffee: Thanks!
Gorgon City: The funk! Love this! 
Hyenah: Thanks for the good music.
Chris Duckenfield: Shades of Yeke Yeke - love it!
Claptone: Thanks.
Doctor Dru: Yeah!
Alinka: Nice one. 
Justin Strauss: Sounds good.
Annie Nightingale/BBC Radio 1: Will consider. 
Sasha: Big tune!
Wahm: Great release, Aziz always delivers. 

Artist: Aiwaska Feat. Idd Aziz
Release: At Night
Label: Exploited Ghetto
Cat: EXP95
LC: 48629
Publisher: Exploited Ghetto Music Publishing
Releasedate Beatport & Streaming: 07.05.21
Releasedate Global Download: 21.05.21

At Night

Aiwaska, Idd Aziz - At Night I Exploited Ghetto

🎵 House to Techno and everything in between.
Funky, deep, melodic sounds

Exploited Rec label founder, internationally renowned DJ/ promoter/radio host and talent scout Shir Khan brings Berlin's finest Disco, House & Techno to the table.   
A decade into shaping careers of artists like Claptone, Adana Twins, Joyce Muniz and Budakid, he continues to remain on the pulse of the global underground shaping dance music through his label, productions and unconventional, uncompromising and unpredictable sets. 

Shir Khan established his label night at Berlin’s Watergate over the years, did a groundbreaking weekly radioshow at Radio Fritz for over 8 years whilst regularly touring all over the world. He is currently based in Bangkok, Thailand. 
His music is exciting and full of amazing tracks that you most likely will not have heard before.
In 2016 Shir Khan released the album compilation ’Dancing & Romancing’ to great critical press acclaim.
Label boss Shir Khans excellent A&R skills proceed him by this point, but taking stock of just a fraction of what hes signed along the way really drives his reputation home. From breaking Claptone as an unknown artist to helping him become one of the biggest-selling names in dance music to introducing the world to other major players like Adana Twins, Doctor Dru and Joyce Muniz, he has unearthed a staggering amount of talent in such a short space of time. Browse through the labels 150+ releases and you’ll also see an impressive plethora of acclaimed names from across the house, techno and disco sphere: Tensnake, Metronomy, Modeselektor, Siriusmo, Munk, Whitesquare, Julio Bashmore, Michael Mayer, Shit Robot, Fort Romeau, Frankey & Sandrino, Untold, John Tejada, Phil Weeks, Cosmin TRG, Art Department, Freeform Five, Locked Groove, Deetron, Detroit Swindle, Mark E, Acid Pauli, Ralph Lawson, Fred Falke – the list goes on and on.
In 2017 Mixmag nominated Exploited as Label Of The Decade in the genre house.
Shir Khan is also a fan of disco house reworks and established the cult Vinyl series Black Jukebox. Shir Khan’s  trusty team of terrace-friendly edit specialists, alchemy masters of turning the raw ore of disco’s past into soundsystem ready house bangers for the outdoor summer parties has seen wide support from big DJs such as Solomun, Bicep, Soul Clap, Tiger & Woods, Jamie Jones, Loco Dice, Tensnake, Pete Tong, Laurent Garnier, Eats Everything, David August and many more.
Shir Khan furthermore launched the Secret Gold series on Exploited which features extended family members and a new sub-label Exploited Ghetto NOW Exploited Club.
Remember, the fun never stops when Shir Khan’s in town.

DJMAG:
“A labour of love for label boss Shir Khan, Exploited Records has built its name by releasing danceable, hard-working records. Larger than life.”

XLR8R: “SHIR KHAN is one of Berlin’s hardest working and most entertaining DJs in any of the dozen genres he plays in.”

PITCHFORKMEDIA: “It’s like everything good that’s happening in dance culture right this second.”

Matias Bonfanti is an Argentine DJ linked to electronic music since the beginning of 2000. He began his professional career in 2009 studying at Sónica, the first electronic music school in Latin America located in Buenos Aires.
In terms of musical styles, their sessions are versatile, today mainly linked to sounds such as deep house, afro house, organic house and house.
The construction of his musical style is linked to references such as Hernán Cattaneo, Sasha, Deep Dish, Danny Howells, Guy Gerber, Steve Lawler, Silicone Soul and Lee Burridge.
During the period 2012-2017 he had his musical cycles at Magdalenas Partys and La Princesa Bar, renowned bars in Palermo Soho, Buenos Aires where he developed sessions lasting between 5 to 6 hours and could move between different styles.
He has also been present on Buenos Aires nightlife albums such as JET and The Shamrock.
In the years 2018 and 2019 he settled between Ibiza and Tulum where he performed his sessions in the Ibecen underground and in the Rivera Maya, incorporating musical styles such as down tempo music, afro house and organic house into his repertoire, having references to record labels such as Get Physical Music, Keinemusik, All Day I Dream, Crosstown Rebels and Moblack Records.
At the beginning of 2020 he participated in Fuego Austral (Argentine edition of Burning Man) and at the end of that same year in the Patagonia Global Eclipse Gathering (member of the Burning Man community), an international pandemic.
He currently resides in Neuquén capital, joining the local scene in events such as Beat Garden and Vision Festival.

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Exploited Rec promises to strip the wallpaper from the walls of your home stereo.
Shir Khan started Exploited in 2007. Exploited Rec now plays host to some wide-ranging and innovative electronic talent - including Adana Twins, Claptone, Budakid, Joyce Muniz, James Curd, Shir Khan (to name a few) - and its artists have been receiving numerous supportive spins from the likes of Solomun, Pete Tong, Soul Clap, Wolf&Lamb, Azari&III, Jesse Rose, Axel Boman and A-Trak.
This is serious dance music at it's most cutting edge with all the juice to really get you going. It's totally contemporary, innovative and has a chunky dirty feel. "Exploited" take you on an invigorating roller coaster ride back to your youth when you first listened to dance music with all the thrills and spills you so enjoyed about clubbing. It's heavy, exciting and special.
'"Exploited Records" is a seamless melting pot of varied styles that simply can't fail to please even the most discerning ears. Highlights here are plentyful. Not to be missed at any cost.' (Clash)
'Musical hybrids are truly the flavour of today, but few have managed to capture the atmosphere of an unpredictable microcosm of a night out on a recordlabel - until now. Shir Khan's label "Exploited" bottles the zeitgeist's giddy thrills with plenty of style and substance. This is dance music hybridism in all its most glorious forms, and Shir Khan is an expert at making square pegs fit round holes.' (DJ-Mag)
'"Exploited Records" boss Shir Khan has been gaining a lot of acclaim recently, and deservedly so - as he has shown us the high quality, diversity and forward-thinking nature of his label. Engaging, riveting and diverse.' (Data Transmission)

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